Media in Europe are reporting that Aaron Mooy has signed his release papers from his Scottish club St Mirren.

Having spent time with Bolton Wanderers and St Mirren, Mooy will return to Australia to take up a midfield position in the Western Sydney Wanderers squad.

Mooy has been plagued by a back injury last season. Hopefully he can put his injury past behind him. Australia is a noted leader in the field of Sports Science and Sports Medicine. If he can sort out those problems he could be a young star for the club.

With the draw having been released I have taken the time to interpret and analyse the draw for any interesting facts I could think of.

Home vs Away

The club has a very even spread of home and away matches, there are only three blocks of either home/home or away/away. Rounds 1 through 5 alternate home/away. Round 6 is another home game then it returns to alternating through to round 14 and 15 which are both home games. Rounds 16 and 17 are away games, from round 18 the draw returns to home/away until the end of the season.

NSW Games

There are a total of 17 games being played inside NSW involving the club. 1 each at Campbelltown, Bluetongue, the Sydney Football Stadium and Newcastle Stadium, and 13 for Parramatta Stadium. There are 10 matches outside NSW.

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Temporary dismissals being trialled for senior grassroots football across NSW. It is for dissent against a match official with a yellow card and 10 minutes on the side line. It will be trialled in NPL u16s as well with a 5 minute temporary dismissal.
The trials has been officially approved by IFAB and is an attempt to reduce abuse.